by Shannon Smith | Jun 11, 2026 | News from the Land
Gilgal: Where Israel Came Home at Last! Mount Kabir Long before Jerusalem became the eternal capital of the Nation of Israel, Hebron stood as the spiritual cradle of the Children of Israel and the city in which their roots took hold in the Land of Canaan. The city’s...
by Kim Troup | Nov 17, 2022 | Shabbat Shalom
Hebron is significant! This week’s Torah reading opens with the death of Sarah, the wife of Abraham, in Hebron (Genesis 23). Abraham mourns his wife and then immediately goes about the business of burying her. He approaches the Hittites, the native residents of...
by Kim Troup | Jan 12, 2021 | Newsletters, Reflections from Israel
I am excited to introduce the first installment of my new series, A Visit with Shmuel, a virtual 360° look at Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria. Each month, as I travel across the biblical heartland, I’ll share with you the landscapes of new...
by Elyshia Johnson | Oct 30, 2020 | Newsletters, Reflections from Israel, Word to the Nations
by Kimberly Troup Numbers 13 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the people of Israel. Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan and said to them, “Go up into the Negev and go up into the hill country, and...
by Elyshia Johnson | Nov 13, 2018 | Newsletters, Reflections from Israel
By: Tessy Agassi Forty-years years ago a baby was abandoned by her biological parents after they discovered she was blind. She was left at the hospital and had no one in the world to care for her. One day an amazing couple came to the hospital and heard this child’s...
